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1. A theory about the origin of this term points out that it appears after the line “I’m trill working the wheel” in the 2000 Three 6 Mafia song “Sippin on Some Syrup.” A TikTok trend associated with this term uses an audio mashup of “Hey Ya!’ by Outkast and “Rockstar” by Post Malone. A popular TikTok song by Yung Nugget titled for this word contains the lyrics “Just cop you some ice to put on your wrist / And take off those cargo shorts, they look like shit” and contains a dialogue between a young boy and his (*) doctor, who has diagnosed the boy high on a scale named for this word. A Tweet from user @kingfadedz in October of 2019 using this word posted a video of clips from the Regular Show to illustrate how Mordecai personifies this word. TikTok user neekolul has been called the “Queen of” this word after men started drooling over her viral “OK Boomer” TikTok. For 10 points, name this slang word which has gained recent attention for its use as a derogatory description of submissive men. ANSWER: simp [accept other word forms] 2. In one TikTok with this song as the background audio, a teacher infiltrates the boys bathroom and seems to be about to bust two boys for vaping, but instead takes a fat hit of the JUUL. In a similar TikTok using this same song, an RA shows up to bust a pregame at a dorm but gets knocked out by a punch from Chad. The song “No Time For Emotion” from the Kingsman: Golden Circle soundtrack is an adaptation of this song. Olivia Newton John recorded a 1973 cover of this song, and Dutch pop band (*) Hermes House Band had a hit with a 2001 cover of this song. The group Spank worked with COPOLIT Music and Sound to record a 2018 cover of this song which was used in promotional trailers of Fallout 76. The original version of this song mentions the “misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eyes” after also name dropping the “Blue Ridge Mountains” and “Shenandoah River.” For 10 points, name this 1971 John Denver song inspired by rural West Virginia thoroughfares ANSWER: “Take Me Home, Country Roads” [accept either, and in either order] 3. In a flashback, this character, who is voiced by Abbi Jacobson, says that “we can practice with each other” while playing Seven Minutes in Heaven with a character who confesses he’s never kissed anyone. In a flashback, it is originally inferred that this character’s father is involved with the mafia, but it is later revealed that he actually just works as an editor on The Sopranos. This character shows up to a double date with Steve, a shirtless fireman, whom she met on a dating app which she creates so she can meet firemen. At a rehearsal dinner for her best friend's wedding, this character runs into her old boyfreind, who declines to have sex with her after they go back to her room, after which she hooks up with said exes best freind. This character, along with (*) Mr. Peanut Butter and her ex-boyfriend, gains 8 million dollars from selling the rideshare company Cabracadabra. For 10 points, name this red-haired, one time girlfriend of Todd Chavez on Bojack Horseman. ANSWER: Emily [prompt on descriptions, such as Todd’s girlfriend before mentioned] 4. In one passage, this character is described as frightful when her lover throws himself to his knees while crying and wrapping his arms around her legs. In an epilogue, this character is revealed to be working as a dressmaker and has become loved amongst a group of prisoners. The look of “poignant agony” and “despair” in the face of this character makes her lover turn back towards a building after hearing of another charcter’s suicide. This character owns two (*) crosses, one made of copper and one made of cypress, that she gives to her lover. This character is defended by Le•bez•yat•ni•kov after she is accused of stealing a valuable banknote by Lu•zhin. This character’s love interest asks her to read him the story of Lazarus after he confesses a murder to her. For 10 points, name this character, a prostitute and lover of Raskalnikov in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. ANSWER: Sonya Semyonovna Marmeladova [accept Sofya or Sonechka, prompt on Marmeladov or Marmeladova] 5. The background of the cover to this mixtape features a guy spinning a basketball on his finger and two girls making out. On a verse from this mixtape, the artist declares “Japanese girls stuck to me just like some glue” and that “I just caught me a Mewtwo.” The artist of this mixtape says that if you try to diss him, he will “fuck your sister then make sure that she vanish” on a song whose chorus repeats the phrase “fantasy on my phone.” On a hyper-repetitive song on this mixtape, the artist asks “Baby are you home?” This mixtape’s cover is one of its many references to (*) Scott Pilgrim, along with the last track, entitled “Scott and Ramona.” Along with “Ps and Qs” and “Canadian Goose,” this mixtape contains a song whose chorus declares “speaker got louder, car got faster/Turned to a savage, pocket got fatter, she call me daddy.” This mixtape’s sequel was released in 2020 as the deluxe edition of Eternal Atake [“uh-take”]. For 10 points, name this 2016 Lil Uzi Vert mixtape featuring the songs “Money Longer” and “You Was Right.” ANSWER: Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 6. A character in this story expresses his disdain that a woman leaves apple cores in the ashtray and repeatedly asks her if she’s seen his garters. At the beginning of this story, two characters are said to go to the theatre “on an average of 10.3 times per year.” A character in this story recites Edward Lear’s poem “The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo” while she tries to put the Sweeneys’ children asleep. A character in this story asks her husband “We are happy darling, aren’t we” after she finds out Mr. Osborn is beating his wife. At the end of this story, it is revealed that a central character who frequently hears the (*) “Missouri Waltz” hasn’t paid her clothing bills. Instead of working like it is supposed to, the title object of this story allows a character to listen in to the conversations in the apartments surrounding hers. For 10 points, name this story, in which Jim and Irene Westcott listen to the title appliance, by John Cheever. ANSWER:“The Enormous Radio” 7. The visitor’s center for this building includes a “Media Wall” consisting of 24 computer screens playing various video loops. Popestead and Calluna Farms sit near this building, which is also located near a “Monument to Lincoln Kirstein.” The area around this building was modeled on Nicolas Poussin’s landscape The Funeral of Phocion. Three revolving racks of paintings are displayed near this building at the “Painting Gallery,” whose entrance is modeled on that of Agamemnon's tomb. This building sits near a large black and red structure used as an entrance called (*) “Da Monsta.” A circular concrete statue built by Donald Judd sits next to this building, which is also located next to a brick guest house. This building, located in New Canaan, Connecticut, is most likely modeled after Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. Fort 10 points, name this longtime personal residence of Philip Johnson, which is made predominantly out of a transparent material. ANSWER: The Glass House [accept the Johnson House before he is mentioned; accept descriptive answers such as Philip Johnson’s personal house or estate before mentioned] 8. One character in this novel rejects the romantic advances of Harold, a pothead he hangs out with on top of a roof along with the poet Lorenzo and his girlfriend Belle. An actor in this novel moves back to the United States to work on the play Happy Hunting Ground and takes his friends to a low budget French war movie that he had a minor role in. This novel ends with Yves [“eve”] arriving in New York to live with his boyfriend Eric. The television producer Ellis has an affair with Ida in this novel, who is dating her brother’s best friend (*) Vivaldo Moore. At the beginning of this novel, a character starts a tumultuous and abusive relationship with a Southern woman named Leona, after which he commits suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. For 10 points, name this 1962 James Baldwin novel set in Greenwich Village which details the relationships of the people surrounding the jazz drummer Rufus Scott. ANSWER: Another Country 9. The protagonist of this film gets an ice cream sundae with old friends and attends a Unitarian Universalist church service while visiting her family in Sacramento for Christmas. This film contains a scene, based on one from Leos Carax’s Mauvais Sang [“mo-vey san”], in which the protagonist runs down the street while David Bowie’s “Modern Love” plays. One character in this film is a struggling writer who writes a screenplay for the third Gremlins movie and tells the protagonist of this film to lay on the edge of her bed and put her foot on the ground to stop the spins. Characters in this film use the recurring greeting (*) “Ahoy sexy!” After learning that her estranged best friend is moving to Tokyo with her banker boyfriend, the protagonist of this film impulsively flies to Paris for a weekend.

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